Vera Farmiga

Vera Ann Farmiga fɑːrˈmiːɡə farMEEgə born August 6 1973 is an American actress Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides 1996 After expanding to television and film her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone 2004 She then had roles in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate 2004 the crime drama The Departed 2006 and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 2008 She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films Joshua 2007 and Orphan 2009 For her performance in the comedydrama Up in the Air 2009 Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades She then made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground 2011 in which she had the leading role She starred in the thrillers Source Code 2011 and Safe House 2012 before furthering her scream queen status by portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films The Conjuring 2013 The Conjuring 2 2016 Annabelle Comes Home 2019 and The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It 2021 She also starred in the legal drama The Judge 2014 the biographical drama The Front Runner 2018 the monster film Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 and the crime drama The Many Saints of Newark 2021 On television Farmiga received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Norma Louise Bates in the AE drama horror series Bates Motel 20132017 and starring in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us 2019 She also appears in the Disney miniseries Hawkeye 2021 set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Apple TV miniseries Five Days at Memorial 2022 Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Farmiga licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia